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Why is the iPhone SDK Important?

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There’s buzz everywhere about Apple’s Software Development Kit – or SDK- release. You can, of course, download the SDK if you are using OS X. Two of the biggest reasons why people wouldn’t get an iPhone are now obliterated. People who already had the iPhone are saying “Great! Now we like it even more!”. I have some excellent ideas, but I’m not a developer. If anyone is a dev and doesn’t know what to write for the iPhone, get in touch with me! We can come up with some cool things.

I have put together five points why this is such a huge announcement. Here they are, in no certain order:

The SDK is free to download. It costs you nothing until you want to put it into the iStore (iTunes). The cost is $99.00, which isn’t really that much in this case.
Games are coming now! There will be games out the wazoo, that is for sure. If you watched the demo… you were likely oooh’ing and ahhh’ing.
There will be a 70% revenue share with the app developer, with a built-in marketing and updating mechanism. This is important. Software devs have a lot of barriers. They have to not only develop something good, they have to find an audience. In this instance, Apple will have the audience already in place for them.
Free applications can and WILL be developed. The free ones are likely to be things built on the Twitter api, YouTube, Flickr, and all the other Social Networking sites. That’ll make it easier for you to do your networking, right from your iPhone.
iTunes makes discovery and software management a *SNAP* for users. I’ve had all the different types of Windows Mobile devices. I could easily put something on there, and extend the functionality. Trying to update the software is a pain. It’s not the software… it’s the implementation. Apple has already reinvented this, and made it so simple to do the updates.

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March 10th, 2008
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Tech Digestwrote an interesting post today on Here’s a quick excerpt Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed There’s buzz everywhere about Apple’s Software Development Kit – or SDK- release. You can, of course, download the SDK if you are

Chris

March 10th, 2008
at 6:15am

Hey Chris,
Towards the end you said a very key statement. You said your at that point where you just want your technology to work and I couldn’t agree more. I went mac over a year ago after being a windows user and windows IT (MCSE) guy. I got tired of always haveing to “hack” at my computer to get it to run right. I got tired of the babysitting. Spyware detection, anti-virus, malware, on and on….and then keeping those apps updated. Then issues with the registry. I don’t have to tell you because im sure you know what its like. I felt like I spent more time babysitting my computer than getting any work done. I had been a mac admirer ever since OSX simply because I loved the unix fundamentals under the hood. So a year ago I made the switch with a mac mini and then eventually an iMac to do video editing on. It was the greatest thing I could have ever done. I don’t babysit anymore, I simply get things done. Anyone that has ever been caught up in DLL hell would salivate over the way most applications are installed on OSX, a simple drag and drop. In closing my iphone purchase is upcoming as I am done with the terrible phone experiences….just waiting on the contract to expire.

MacintechStudios

March 10th, 2008
at 4:59pm

I thought this video looked familiar… Then I remembered that I was in the chat at that time lol.

Dotcomname3

March 10th, 2008
at 5:17pm

GO !!

Hypothesard

March 10th, 2008
at 5:43pm

define “alot”

- no Interface builder for now (remember this sdk for iPhone is still in beta stage)
- no OpenGL on the iPhone simulator (You’l need to apply to the 99$ fees, and wait for the firmware 2.0)

ReyGilliano

March 10th, 2008
at 8:39pm

does any one knows when is the iphone gonna be available in New zealand???

Dolbertx

March 10th, 2008
at 11:39pm

Great Sdk rules

Varun Sharma

March 10th, 2008
at 6:01pm

I like now that there is an SDK even though that it would not hold me back from an Iphone because I would jailbreak it. Now all I need is 3G. I do not have a smartphone right now mostly because i am disgusted in Microsoft’s poor job with Win mobile. I thank you apple, for the SDK but I need my 3G!!! Oh and 32 GB would be nice.

Joe S.

March 10th, 2008
at 6:35pm

You got it exactly right. What Apple has developed here is a well integrated, easy to use, easy to expand new mobile & handheld computer platform. They are banging on all gears. This new development platform will also be utilized across numerous devices…most of which we have not even seen yet. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Expandable, scalable, easily deployable, fantastic, economically (code) wise developer tools that will work across multiple devices. After all the ecosystem is all built on OSX.

Eytan

March 10th, 2008
at 10:20pm

Hey Chris, have you tried using ZiPhoneOSX to jailbreak your iPhone and add apps? You can do what Apple is offering NOW, and with no risk. The level of ease and speed with which jailbreaking has become a reality are night and day – you can jailbreak a phone in 20 seconds flat with no risk and no additional downloads….

kev3000

March 11th, 2008
at 2:10pm

It is…but some features are locked. Wait for another couple of months until they unlock them

kingnigo

March 11th, 2008
at 2:28pm

you could buy an unlocked one and use it with vodafone SIM

alby348

March 11th, 2008
at 4:37pm

iphone is the best windows phones suk
who cares about echange and outlok

jhgravelle

March 11th, 2008
at 8:15pm

Hey pirillo.com, new subscriber and viewer.
Just as you said iPhone helped me find your site and broadcasts. The phone, and sdk have pushed me over the edge to purchase an iMac. I do have a few questions. Is the sdk going to allow the rotating screen everywhere, or is that something we are stuck waiting for apple for? Also is this going to open up connecting to bluetooth devices, such as headphones for music, and gps receivers for actual gps, as opposed to theis trianglized approzimation.

Leonardo da Silva

March 11th, 2008
at 8:23pm

I absolutely agree with your view of the sdk release. This will allow software developers to truly bring out the power of the iphone. I am a little worried thought. I believe that apple MUST release the iphone 2.0 when the software 2.0 is released. While the iphone is a great machine, it does need some upgrades. I dont think apple will be able to go much longer without upgrading to 3G speeds, and i really hope they also add gps capabilities. I have not really had great success with the triangulation system they currently have implemented.

muk546

March 12th, 2008
at 8:53am

go go go

ReyGilliano

March 12th, 2008
at 12:19pm

yeah i know theres some… but my mom showed me a news its gonna be here in june 2008… just want to check if its true..

martineyles

March 13th, 2008
at 11:33am

I love my Nokia N91. Dedicated audio controls, and a 3.5mm jack that’s not too deeply recessed. Oh, and I had it nearly 2 years and still love it!

Farzinff

March 13th, 2008
at 1:07pm

Actually it’s coming out fall of 2008

samgod

March 14th, 2008
at 12:19am

This guy must be freezing if the temperature is actually such a brisk 48.9F.

gounc93

March 14th, 2008
at 11:48am

if you hack your phone you get get cool shit for free

shickow35

March 14th, 2008
at 4:45pm

lolim in the top 5 lol

idahoant

March 15th, 2008
at 3:28pm

dude, I had a Newton, remember that?? Just JB’d my 1.1.3 OTB with Ziphone in 10 min and works great.

KVN

March 15th, 2008
at 2:52pm

in response to the above query about the screen rotation, the SDK offers developers all the same APIs Apple developers have access to including the sensors for screen rotation (forgotten the name). So, if you build your application with relevant reference to the API, bingo…

Exciting times!

Kevin Nunez

March 15th, 2008
at 4:20pm

Well, The iPhone SDK is very important due to the applications people have been asking for. For example, maybe Adobe might make an app that is something like flash, or maybe some good games for people to have fun. Also, jailbreaking your iPhone will soon be pointless because all the jailbreak is is games and some other apps. Well, the iPhone SDK will have that too, Well the jailbreak apps are free……

PAPALOS20

March 16th, 2008
at 5:31am

cretin boy lol

mrmayor92

March 19th, 2008
at 5:14am

wrong

jennmkc

March 21st, 2008
at 12:10pm

After dropping my Treo 650 last weekend, I’ve being forced into buying a new phone. With the lackluster phone selection from Tmobile I’m switching to AT&T just to get an iPhone. This video/news is especially encouraging because the main reason I need a pocket pc is to access work email via an Exchange server. So wheee… iPhone here I come.

santiagp

March 25th, 2008
at 7:30pm

i totally get you

abdulnafie

April 8th, 2008
at 9:26pm

does steve jobs pay you man?lol

faralith

April 12th, 2008
at 9:29am

No, and did you have to send that three times? Idiot.

Kevin Nunez

April 25th, 2008
at 11:32pm

Well, I would like to see some flash in the iPhone SDK. I think that such a powerful(and big, 8 or 16 GB) does not have flash. Its like a computer not having Microsoft Word. Its just stupid. Also, 3G!! I have wi-fi at my house, but when i have to use Edge, I just die. I had AOL a few years ago, so I know what slow Internet is. EDGE needs to go. Lastly, put some more apps on it. I know I’m getting killed for this, but I think that the iPhone needs some more apps and more in depth apps. For example, weather. It tells you the current temperature, and the next 7 days temperature and how the day will be. Well, some people want more. Like how the pressure is outside, the humitidy, and so on and so forth. Also, a great app would be a sports app. Like having the scores of every game with the touch of your finger

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